Not sure how I feel about this...

So at my place of employment I received "employee of the month," which of course is a joke and I couldn't care less about it. I would have rather not received their phony recognition. But here's the thing... in the lobby where they display the 'employee of the month' is a picture of me that was taken three years ago when I was FAT and 100 lbs heavier than what I am now. While I am proud of my accomplishment in losing all the weight, I am a bit embarrassed by the picture since it bears little resemblance to how I look now. For 'employee of the month' pictures, they used to take a new picture of the person to be displayed, but lately they have simply been using a blown up copy of our ID tag pictures, and that's the one they used of me. Do you think they were right to do this, or maybe they could have at least ASKED me, considering my drastic change in appearance, if I wanted a new picture taken?

What is your opinion? Would YOU be offended, or am I giving too much of a shit about something that is silly and irrelevant?

 

The place I work at is relatively small, too. It's not like there are hundreds of employees or anything for them to know. I am not sure how many employees there are exactly, but it's well under 100.

The HR woman where is work is a ****. I loathe her. I wouldn't be surprised if she did it on purpose. That is how foul of a person she is. In fact, they're all a bunch of phonies where I work (at least the management is). That's why I wish I could reject their bullshit recognition and tell them to go shove it up their asses.

Anyway... meh.

 

Tell them if they want to recognize you as employee of the month they need to put an updated picture for the display. Congrats on both counts, especially the lost weight.

 

I would, but it probably wouldn't go over well. Gee, they might even ask for their $25 check back.

 

You can always just use it as a motivation tool to help keep the weight off.

 

I think I'd be pretty peeved, too.

How about you e-mail them an up-to-date picture and say something like "I'm a bit worried that people won't recognise me from the old picture you've used. Here's an up to date one which is far more recognisable - and you have my permission to use it to replce the old one on your "employee of the month" poster."

 

I award myself "Unemployed person of the month".

 

Oh get over it. You're probably the only one who looked at the picture anyhow.

 

you are upset about such a small thing....what the fuck are you gonna do when there is a real reason to be upset?...

i'll tell you

your fucking heart will explode....try and relax a little my skinny rat brother

 

Agreed 100%. Insensitive especially in a relatively small company but certainly not worth letting it get to you!

 

Funny I'm seeing this thread now because I'm at work and I was just looking at a picture of our employee of the month..and I have to say, I agree wholeheartedly with you . Its insensitive not to offer a new picture. This poor girl looks like she was posing for her dui mugshot. I feel bad for her, it's the first thing people see when they walk in the building.

 

Well, I'm a pretty shallow person (fuck denying it), so I'd probably be pretty upset in your position, too. I probably wouldn't do anything about it if I wasn't comfortable enough to just bitch at the management about whatever, but I've only ever been that comfortable with one manager anyway. But dammit, I'm trying to improve upon myself a little every day as time goes by and I don't want someone using a picture of me when I was covered in zits or covered in grease or whatever, You've got every right to be a little miffed, but just take it for what it is, a stupid title that really doesn't mean squat. The month will end and someone else's fat picture will go up and the HR lady will go home and secretly cry because she treats people poorly as a reflection of how she feels about herself.

 

First off all, congratulations for winning the employee of the month award.
It seems to me the equivalent of a down syndromer getting a popsicle.
Or a stale bar of chocolate for the proletariat.

Second off all, I wouldn't give a shit. If anything I would laugh at the photograph and give myself a wink in the mirror whilst looking at my lean body.

 

I don't want to hear it!

Many years ago when I was a medic in the army I had to re certify my training and In the text books they gave us Chapter 15 "Head and Neck Injuries" A full page picture of me in a KED and neck brace took up the whole page. I remember them taking pictures during our training, but never thought... I framed the picture and put it in my office though. I wonder where that thing went to?

 

personally, i don't think i would care.

 

Try not to spend too much energy on being irritated about it...

But I'll be honest and say that I would be really irritated if it was me.

 

I would not make a big deal of it and congratulations for losing 100lbs!

 

you just ask them who that guy is on the wall

 

congrats..you also won the hipforums "guy who is obsessed over his weight loss" award

no check